Dauber for blacking.



No. 783,780. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. H. E. GARTRBLL.

DAUBER FOR BLAGKING.

APPLVIUATION FILED AUG. 1o. 190s.

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Patented February 28, 1905.

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HARRY E. GARTRELL, UFy CHICAGO, lLL'IN 01S.

DAUBER FOR -HLACKINGIIll SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 783,780, dated February 28, 1905.

Application led August 10. 1903. Serial No. 168,911.

To n/Z 'u1/torn, z5 may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY E. GAirruuLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful lfm provements in Daubers for Blaeking, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to daubers for applying blacking or paste-polish to shoes or for any other similar purpose; and it has for one of its important objects to provide an improved and simple form of felt or fabric dauber.

A further object of the invention is to pro- V vide improved and simple means whereby the head of the dauber may be secured to its handle and holder. i

A still further object of the invention is to have the construction of the handle such Athat a body or disk, such as a blaeking-box, may be made to constitute a filling therefor' to facilitate the grasping and holding thereof.

Vith these ends in view my invention consists in certain features of novelty in the con struction, combination, and arrangement of parts by which the said objects and certain other objects hereinafter appearing are attained, all as fully deseribed,with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the said drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my improved dauber, showing it applied to a polish-box which provides a filling for the handle thereof. Fig. 2 isa side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross section of the dauber-head, taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the same, taken on the line 4 4, Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a similar section illustrating a modification of the dauberhead hereinafter described. Fig. y6 is a detail perspective view of a plug used with such modified form of dauber-head. Fig. 7 is a vertical section illustrating another modifica tion of the dauber-head hereinafter described. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective View of the washer used with this form of daubershead.

In the preferred form of my invention the head of the dauber is composed of a ribbon of felt or other suitable fabric 1 of suitable width, coiled upon itself until the required thickness is obtained and then forced into a cap or holder 9.. Prior to ceiling the ribbon l, however, its inner extremity is inserted between two downturned extremities or ends 3, formed on or secured to the stem 4 of the handle, so that the subsequent winding of the ribbon l around these extremities or ends 3 will serve to grip that portion of theribbon which is between the extremities 3, and thereby se cure the ribbon and the handle-stem 4 together and preventing the central portion of the dauber from sagging downward and being forced outward. The outer portion of the head is firmly supported and gripped in the cap 2 by an inturned flange 4 on the latter, which provides an opening smaller in diameter than the maximum diameter of the dauber head to require considerable compression of the latter in order to effect its insertion within the opening formed by the fiange 4". This compression may be produced in any suitable way, as by binding something, such as a wire or cord, around the fabric while it is being inserted and afterward releasing the same. This of course is done after the cap i2 is insei-ted over the extremities 3 of the stem 4, the cap 2 being slipped along the stem 4 a sufficient distance to permit the ribbon to be wound on the extremities 3 without intel-fer ence and then brought back toits place, as shown in F ig. 4. lf desired, the grip of the extremities 3 en the fabric may be still further increased hy a slide or ring 5, which may be inserted over the extremities 3 under the cap before the ribbon is wound and subsequently forced down into the position shown in Fig. 4 by the cap when the latter is adjusted to place. The stem 4 and extremities 23 are shown as passing' through any suitable aperture in the cap, and with the parts cembined andai-ranged as illustrated in Fig. 4 ordinarily no other attachment between thestem 4 and the cap required; but it is of course obvious that, if desired, the parts may be arranged mere securely by .solderingl the cap and stem 4 together.

The stem 4 is preferably composed of the two ends of a folded wire or rod whose extremities constitute the portions 3, and the portion of this wire or rod intermediate of the extremities is bowed outwardly to form a ring 6, which slips over the top 7 of a body or disk, such as a polish-box 8, and is firmly clamped thereon by a slide 9, so that such top 7 and box 8 provide a filling' for the ring' which constitutes the handle for the dauber to enable it to be grasped conveniently, while the arrangement also affords'a convenient attachment between the dauber and the box of polish.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 5 a bunch of bristles or other suitable fibers l() is substituted for the felt ribbon l, and when this substitution is resorted to it is preferable to employ a wooden or other suitable plug' l1, as shown in Fig. 6, for crowding the fibers l() outwardly against the flange 4 and at the same time securing' extremities 3 of the handle-stem to the cap 2 and the fibers. This plug l1 is provided with two outwardlydiverging perforations l2, which receive the extremities 3, respectively, when the plug' is forced inwardly into the center of the body of the bristles or fibers 10, and it will be seen that as the plug' is driven home it not only causes the fibers to expand against the flange 4, but spreads the extremities 3 and binds them in the plug', while also binding them into the cap 2.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I show a form in which Y the wooden plug is omitted and a thin washer 13 employed instead, and this washer has but one hole 14C. for receiving' both extremities 3 of the wires. The stem may be soldered to the cap 2. rlhe washer 13 being thin, it allows the bristles to spring inwardly and close together under it.

Having' thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Paten t, isn

l. In a device for the purpose described, the combination of a handle having downturned extremities, a ribbon of fabric coiled upon itself around the extremities of said handie, and a cap fitting over such coil and receiving the handle.

2. In a device for the purpose described, the combination of a handle having' two extremities arranged close together, a ribbon of fabric having' one end inserted between and l pinched by said extremities, and such ribbon being coiled upon itself around said extremities, and means for holdingthe outer extremity of said ribbon. Y

3. In a device for the purpose described, the combination of a handle, a ribbon of fabric coiled upon itself on the extremity of said handle, and a cap receiving said handle and having' an inturned flangesurrounding and pinching such coil.

4L. In a device for the purpose described, the combination of a handle having two extremities arranged side by side, a cap receiving said handle and having an inturned flange, a dauber-head surrounding said extremities and inserted within and pinched by said fiang'e, and a binding-ring fitting' around said extrenii ties between said brush portion and the inner side of said cap. i

5. In a device for the purpose described, the combination of a handle having two extremities arranged side by side, a cap receiving said handle and having' an inturned flange, a dauber-head surrounding' said extremities and inserted within and pinched by said flange, anda binding-ring fitting around said extremities within said cap.

6. In a device for the purpose described, the combination of a dauber-head comprising a two-part stem inserted in the dauber-head and having a ring formed therein to provide a handle, a slide on the stem, and a body fitting in the ring, the slide clamping the ring to the body and the latter providing a filling for the ring to facilitate the grasping' of the handle.

HARRY E. GARTRELL.

lVitnesses:

F. A. HOPKINS, A. M. JONES. 

